Venkys Dreadful owners video

[The Dutch couch]

Hi guys , i hope its ok to post this here, a short video from a neutral on Venkys . Appreciate your time and would love to get Rovers fans opinions in the video comments, youtube link below 

Venkys dreadful owners of Blackburn football club

 

Edited yesterday at 10:55 by The Dutch couch

[SuperBrfc]

Welcome, The Dutch Couch. Pleased to see you here. I've been watching your channel for a while and enjoy the range of football topics you cover. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for making this video on our situation. The more the football community brings the spotlight onto those who run clubs abysmally, the better, in my view. It's exactly as you have said in your video regarding this hideous ownership. They have dragged an established Premier League Club down, they have lowered the standards, they have killed fan expectation, they have shown no remorse and not made one attempt in the past 12 years to return Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League. Even to this very day, they are displaying that they have learnt nothing.

You may be aware...that we finished 7th last season, only just missing out on the play offs. You'd think we'd be in a good position to kick on from that, bring in a few additions to strengthen that side and try to go up, right? Well, they have only gone and ok'd the dismantling of that side, which has seen a load of experience from that team leave the building and be replaced by cheap, foreign punts instead. Why would anybody take such a risk? All overseen by their chief yes man on the ground here, who has been a constant presence throughout the decline, making key decisions at the club when he has zero footballing background and knowledge. Mention him in the press though and you're out, just like Jon Dahl Tomasson did (he was too good for these bastards anyway, he could walk away though...we can't)

They've got their latest mouthpiece now telling the local press that "we're in transition, it's going to take time, we need to build foundations to reach the Premier League" and that those who are being negative are just a small group of fans trying to cause division. Are they having a f£$king laugh or what? We've been waiting 13 years mate, 10,000 fans walked away in disgust at the way relegation occurred in 2012 and due to the people the owners had advising them. Fan protests were ignored despite on pitch events showing the world we were right to complain. We were made out to be the villains as a fanbase by the press and an attempt was made to paint us out as being racist by a scum element. Many more fans have walked away in the years since due to how the club is ran. As you have displayed, it is no surprise to proper football fans and  football people as to why Rovers fans want these owners gone. Anything other than us wanting our club back and wanting to see people who care about it in charge of it, is nothing but agenda driven garbage.

We had Tony Mowbray in 2018 tell us "we need to slowly build towards promotion and put the foundations in place first". We had a Director of Football, Gregg Broughton, tell us in 2022 that we "need to put foundations in place for promotion and that it takes time". We've now got Rudy Gestede saying the same in 2025! You couldn't make this shit up.

I'm reminded of Thierry Henry's response when he was asked about Arteta building something at Arsenal, just a few weeks back on The Overlap. He said "Whoa whoa, hang on, that must be a pretty big building by now, it must be pretty big, right?". Same applies here. This 'building' lark is, IMO, claptrap to buy time and just like Thierry, just like yourself, me and a lot of Rovers fans on here...we see through the crap. It's arse covering for shit owners and managers in reality. We were supposed to be building in 2018 as per Mowbray, so why now in 2025 are we still needing to put foundations in place for promotion? It's a load of hogwash, in my view.

It has been an awful last 15 years for many of us seeing this unfold at our club. We have watched our club become a shell of what it once was, an impostor. This is Blackburn Rovers in name only and has been for a long time. The likes of Rudy Gestede have no idea about the true Blackburn Rovers. He played here during the Venky shit show and thinks we are unhappy with the owners because we want to see a repeat of 1995 and want massive money being spent! He had the nerve to say being mid table in the Championship is "not that down", when a journalist asked him about how far down Blackburn had fallen under Venky's. From being mid table in the Premier League in 2010 to mid table in the Championship today and being a right state. All under Venky's watch and it's "not that down" apparently. Piss off. Talk about clueless. Talk about naive. These are the people running our club.

You're spot on in saying that the heart and soul of the club has gone. We are hoping something can turn around, but we know deep down it is a forlorn hope under this lot...nothing is changing for the better until we are rid of Venky's and their minions.

Sad to say though, there are plenty in the fanbase suffering from Stockholm Syndrome...who say nonsense like "where would we be without Venky's" (Ha, I'll let you answer that one) and "be grateful they pay the bills, it could be a lot worse, look at Bury, Wigan and Bolton". They have forgotten who they support and what this club was before Venky's. The club's identity has been lost. Just as you put it. Very sad to witness and hear. A change of ownership here would be massive for anybody who has any feeling for the club, for the whole town, for the surrounding local areas. We desperately need it as a club. We have been numb for a very long time as followers of this football club, with plenty putting on a brave face and trying to find positivity wherever they can. That positivity has never been rewarded, but I don't blame those fans for that. It's not their fault what has happened since 2010.

Oh and just on Eustace...spot on again. You, as a neutral, can see that him leaving for relegation zone Derby speaks volumes as to the issues here. Unfortunately, said fans above have turned on Eustace for leaving, labelling him a 'snake' a 'greedy bastard' and more. They even took inflatable snakes to Derby to goad him and will be doing so again this season when Derby come to Ewood and we play them at their place.

I don't like to say it, but for me, the game has gone for now at this club, mate. Acting like a development club and being happy to let players move on is not what football is about. The game is about winning. We should be doing everything possible to go up. This club and our fanbase sparks back into life the minute Venky's and their hangers on depart. I cannot wait for that day.

Thanks, once again.

[lraC]

15 hours ago, SuperBrfc said:

Welcome, The Dutch Couch. Pleased to see you here. I've been watching your channel for a while and enjoy the range of football topics you cover. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for making this video on our situation. The more the football community brings the spotlight onto those who run clubs abysmally, the better, in my view. It's exactly as you have said in your video regarding this hideous ownership. They have dragged an established Premier League Club down, they have lowered the standards, they have killed fan expectation, they have shown no remorse and not made one attempt in the past 12 years to return Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League. Even to this very day, they are displaying that they have learnt nothing.

You may be aware...that we finished 7th last season, only just missing out on the play offs. You'd think we'd be in a good position to kick on from that, bring in a few additions to strengthen that side and try to go up, right? Well, they have only gone and ok'd the dismantling of that side, which has seen a load of experience from that team leave the building and be replaced by cheap, foreign punts instead. Why would anybody take such a risk? All overseen by their chief yes man on the ground here, who has been a constant presence throughout the decline, making key decisions at the club when he has zero footballing background and knowledge. Mention him in the press though and you're out, just like Jon Dahl Tomasson did (he was too good for these bastards anyway, he could walk away though...we can't)

They've got their latest mouthpiece now telling the local press that "we're in transition, it's going to take time, we need to build foundations to reach the Premier League" and that those who are being negative are just a small group of fans trying to cause division. Are they having a f£$king laugh or what? We've been waiting 13 years mate, 10,000 fans walked away in disgust at the way relegation occurred in 2012 and due to the people the owners had advising them. Fan protests were ignored despite on pitch events showing the world we were right to complain. We were made out to be the villains as a fanbase by the press and an attempt was made to paint us out as being racist by a scum element. Many more fans have walked away in the years since due to how the club is ran. As you have displayed, it is no surprise to proper football fans and  football people as to why Rovers fans want these owners gone. Anything other than us wanting our club back and wanting to see people who care about it in charge of it, is nothing but agenda driven garbage.

We had Tony Mowbray in 2018 tell us "we need to slowly build towards promotion and put the foundations in place first". We had a Director of Football, Gregg Broughton, tell us in 2022 that we "need to put foundations in place for promotion and that it takes time". We've now got Rudy Gestede saying the same in 2025! You couldn't make this shit up.

I'm reminded of Thierry Henry's response when he was asked about Arteta building something at Arsenal, just a few weeks back on The Overlap. He said "Whoa whoa, hang on, that must be a pretty big building by now, it must be pretty big, right?". Same applies here. This 'building' lark is, IMO, claptrap to buy time and just like Thierry, just like yourself, me and a lot of Rovers fans on here...we see through the crap. It's arse covering for shit owners and managers in reality. We were supposed to be building in 2018 as per Mowbray, so why now in 2025 are we still needing to put foundations in place for promotion? It's a load of hogwash, in my view.

It has been an awful last 15 years for many of us seeing this unfold at our club. We have watched our club become a shell of what it once was, an impostor. This is Blackburn Rovers in name only and has been for a long time. The likes of Rudy Gestede have no idea about the true Blackburn Rovers. He played here during the Venky shit show and thinks we are unhappy with the owners because we want to see a repeat of 1995 and want massive money being spent! He had the nerve to say being mid table in the Championship is "not that down", when a journalist asked him about how far down Blackburn had fallen under Venky's. From being mid table in the Premier League in 2010 to mid table in the Championship today and being a right state. All under Venky's watch and it's "not that down" apparently. Piss off. Talk about clueless. Talk about naive. These are the people running our club.

You're spot on in saying that the heart and soul of the club has gone. We are hoping something can turn around, but we know deep down it is a forlorn hope under this lot...nothing is changing for the better until we are rid of Venky's and their minions.

Sad to say though, there are plenty in the fanbase suffering from Stockholm Syndrome...who say nonsense like "where would we be without Venky's" (Ha, I'll let you answer that one) and "be grateful they pay the bills, it could be a lot worse, look at Bury, Wigan and Bolton". They have forgotten who they support and what this club was before Venky's. The club's identity has been lost. Just as you put it. Very sad to witness and hear. A change of ownership here would be massive for anybody who has any feeling for the club, for the whole town, for the surrounding local areas. We desperately need it as a club. We have been numb for a very long time as followers of this football club, with plenty putting on a brave face and trying to find positivity wherever they can. That positivity has never been rewarded, but I don't blame those fans for that. It's not their fault what has happened since 2010.

Oh and just on Eustace...spot on again. You, as a neutral, can see that him leaving for relegation zone Derby speaks volumes as to the issues here. Unfortunately, said fans above have turned on Eustace for leaving, labelling him a 'snake' a 'greedy bastard' and more. They even took inflatable snakes to Derby to goad him and will be doing so again this season when Derby come to Ewood and we play them at their place.

I don't like to say it, but for me, the game has gone for now at this club, mate. Acting like a development club and being happy to let players move on is not what football is about. The game is about winning. We should be doing everything possible to go up. This club and our fanbase sparks back into life the minute Venky's and their hangers on depart. I cannot wait for that day.

Thanks, once again.

Brilliantly put and very heartfelt.

[JHRover]

I think it is clear that the sole objective and barometer of success for the summer transfer window was to successfully offload certain players - those with cash value, expiring contracts and larger wages. 

The timing, impact, effect of those departures totally immaterial and of no concern to the owners or their henchmen.

We are now a club that measures success based on how much (if anything) it can bring in from selling important players and whether it can cut costs further. That's it. 

Quite clear from the interviews with Gestede and Ismael that there is no footballing objective here - no pressure on either to deliver certain results, league position, points, improvement. If we limp our way to 21st they will be more than happy ahead of another summer and year in the job.